Fertilizer attachment for hand corn planters



ntic.` 15, 193.6. r W. J' ANGER 2,064,668

FERTILIZER ATTACHMENT FOR HAND CORN PLANTERS Filed Jan. 2l, 1936 Patented Dec. 15, 1936 NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FERTILIZER ATTACHMENT FOR HAND CORN PLANTERS 1 Claim.

This invention relates to an attachment for hand planters for corn, beans, or the like.

t is particularly aimed to provide a novel and efficient construction whereby fertilizer will be D deposited simultaneously with the seed but out of contact therewith.

The more specific objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawing illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawing:-

Figure 1 is a view of the device in side elevation;

Figure 2 is a View 0f the lower portion thereof partly in section and partly in elevation;

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure l, and

Figure e is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line frill of Figure 1.

A vertical stalf, plate or post, usually of wood, is shown at l equipped with a handle ll adjacent to top and with a foot rest and gage l2 adjacent to bottom thereof. At one side, said staff I0 carries a hopper i3 for the seed or material to be planted7 the hopper being secured to block I4 directly fastened to the staff. A discharge chute l is fastened against one side of the staff IU t0 receive the seed or corn discharged from the hopper i3 under control of a rotary valve member l5 pivoted on a vertical axis I6 to the hopper. The hopper and valve may be of any well known construction and specifically forms no part of the invention.

Below the chute l5 and in communication therewith is a shoe l1 of U-shape in cross section to the side of which a lever I8 is pivoted on a horizontal axis l@ and which lever is urged into contact with the main wall of such shoe through the expansive action of a coil spring having arms 2l and 22 fastened to the staff l0 and the lever i8. Said lever I8 at its lower end carries a plate it which intimately closes against the main wall of shoe ll. A link 24 is pivoted to the valve plate I5' and at 25 to the upper end of the lever le so that movement of the lever towards the staff l0 will actuate the valve plate l5 to discharge seed into the chute I5. On the side of stalf l0 opposite to hopper I3,

is a hopper 20 adapted to contain fertilizer such hopper having its bottom wall for the most part at 2l, inclining towards discharge opening 28 therein indicating with a horizontal tubular por- 5 tion 29, preferably square in cross sections, and slidably mounting a slidable valve 30 having an opening or pocket 3l therein adapted to normally register with opening 28, and be moved into a discharging position where it registers with a chute 32 leading to an opening 33 in the staff l0 and communicating with the interior of chute I5. Said valve 3s is preferably metallic and is provided with a wooden core.

Said valve 30 extends across one side of the staff l!! and has a link 33a pivoted thereto and pivoted at 34 to the lever I8,

It will be noted that a divider or partition 34a is provided within the chute l5, so that the corn or other seed and the fertilizer will be discharged into separate passages or channels and thus fall through the shoe ll onto the ground, without admixture, to the end that the fertilizer will not injuriously contact the seed but will be sufliciently close thereto.

It will be realized that in planting, the shoe Il and plate 23 and a depending wire frame 35 on lever le, enter the hole or furrow to the extent permitted by contact of gage l2 with the ground. The device is then tilted so that a contact of frame 35 with the base of the furrow or hole will cause the upper end of lever E8 to move toward the stair lll while the opposite end of such lever moves away from the staff. At the same time, links 24 and 33 move the Valves l5 and 30, so that seed and fertilizer are discharged into the chute l5 on opposite sides of the partition or divider 3io, falling therethrough, through the shoe Il and onto the ground.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention:-

A device of the class described comprising a staff, a hopper thereon for seed, a hopper thereon for fertilizer, a chute of U-shape having its side Walls secured to the staff, a valve for the first hopper controlling the supply of seed to the chute, a discharge tube leading from the second hopper at one side of center thereof through the staff to said chute, said second hopper having a bottom inclining to said chute, a valve controlling the discharge from the second mentioned hopper, said valve extending across one side of the chute, a shoe below the chute into which the chute discharges, a lever pivoted to the shoe and normally closing the saine, a ground engaging frame carried by the lever, spring means urging the lever to closed position, and connections from the lever to said valves to operate them through operation of the lever, said chute having a divider therein whereby the seed and fertilizer will be dropped without admixture, and a plate carried by the lower end of said lever provided with a vertical portion normally having closing engagement with said shoe.

WILLIAM J. LANGER. 

